USAF: Airman Ericka Engblom U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Paul Pendleton, 522nd Special Operations Squadron commander, prepares to accept the guidon from acting commander of the 27 Special Operations Group, Col. Charles Myers. The 522nd Special Operations Squadron, the Fireballs, were welcomed back to the U.S. Air Force at Cannon in a reactivation ceremony April […]

USAF Lt. Col. Tracy L. Onufer assumes command of the 16th Special Operations Squadron after accepting the guidon from Col. James Slife, 27 Special Operations Group commander, during a change of command ceremony Feb. 22. By Rick Shea: 27th Special Operations Wing historian Their lineage is indisputable — 43 years of continuous service to our […]

By 27th SOW Public Affairs The 73rd Special Operations Squadron raised nearly $1300 over the holidays, half of which was presented in the form of a check to the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life. The other half is being donated to Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which provides college scholarships to children who lost a […]

27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs The 73rd Special Operations Squadron raised nearly $1300 over the holidays, half of which was presented in the form of a check to the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life. The other half is being donated to Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which provides college scholarships to children who lost […]

USAF photo: Airman 1st Class James Bell Airmen from the 73rd Special Operations Squadron and 27th Special Operations Maintenance Group return from their deployment on a C-17 on Oct. 6. Three 73 SOS, 14 27 SOMXG and 10 16 SOS Airmen returned following the C-130W. By Senior Airman Elliott Sprehe: 27th SOW Public Affairs A […]

By Argen Duncan: PNT senior writer SOS Outlet in Portales is hosting a concert to benefit the family of a 6-year-old Clovis girl who died of leukemia July 4. Organizer and SOS Outlet manager Rocky Banda said admission to Music Fest would be any donation, even food gift certificates, to help Harley Pena’s family with […]

Cannon Connections: Kevin Wilson Lt. Gen. Donald C. Wurster, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, speaks Friday during the ceremony transferring the 16th Special Operations Squadron from Hurlburt Air Field in Florida to Cannon Air Force Base. By Kevin Wilson: Cannon Connections The “game changers” officially belong to Cannon Air Force Base. Flanked by […]

Freedom New Mexico: Kevin Wilson Lt. Gen. Donald C. Wurster, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, speaks Friday during the ceremony transferring the 16th Special Operations Squadron from Hurlburt Air Field in Florida to Cannon Air Force Base. By Kevin Wilson: CNJ staff writer The “game changers” officially belong to Cannon Air Force Base. […]

27th SOW Public Affairs The 16th Special Operations Squadron will hold a squadron flag-transfer ceremony at 1 p.m. today to mark the official transfer of the squadron from Hurlburt Field, Fla., to Cannon Air Force Base. Detachment 1 of the 16th SOS stood up at Cannon in July, 2008, to which a handful of people […]

USAF photo The AC-130 gunship’s primary missions are close air support, air interdiction and force protection. Missions in close air support are troops in contact, convoy escort and urban operations. By Tech. Sgt. Sheri Kangas: 1st SOW Public Affairs HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. — The 16th Special Operations Squadron is having a busy year. Not only […]

Freedom Newspapers I t may be too late for Republicans to restore their lost luster as the party of fiscal responsibility, at least in time to prevent a drubbing in the coming elections. But at least some of them are trying. A few senators are pushing the SOS bill, the Stop Overspending Act of 2006, […]

SOS Staffing names new branch manager The Clovis branch of SOS Staffing Services has named George Ratledge as new branch manager, according to a company release. Ratledge has been account manager with this Utah-based company since November of 2003, the release said. The Clovis branch of SOS was opened in 1998 and received the branch […]